Government Simulator

Government Simulator models a whole country, tracking measures such as population, debt, GDP, economic growth, unemployment, crime, life expectancy, birth and mortality rates, and the state of its infrastructure. You adjust budgets, taxes and laws, then see how the simulation responds.

Country simulation

The game uses real-world data as its starting point. For example, when you play as the USA, its initial debt, income, expenditures, crime rate and unemployment rate are based on the country's actual values. After a change such as lowering a tax rate, the simulation calculates updated figures, including amounts in dollars, people, crimes per 100,000, interest rates and life expectancy in years.

Policies and goals

Goals include lowering the crime rate and reaching a target public health or education rating. You can also experiment with policy changes, such as lowering the minimum wage or changing the length of maternity leave or the retirement age. Other options include censorship laws, compulsory military service, cash bans and universal basic income.

Conflict and media

Military options let you start a war with any country in the world and adjust its operation mode while the conflict is active. You need to keep the conflict from running out of control; some countries also have a nuclear option.

A media and public relations system lets you read notable headlines and try to influence the media through PR stunts, interviews and similar actions.

Countries and scenarios

You can play as the USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, France, Switzerland or Austria, which are the countries the simulation has been implemented and tested to work nicely. Additional countries and scenarios can be downloaded, and you can create new ones yourself and share them with others.